unionism
nounEtymology From union + -ism.
1
The support of advocacy of a union, especially of a trade union.
- This isn't the time for militant unionism. If I were at ScotRail, in the current climate I'd trade a pay freeze [sic: pay rise?] for job security.2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “A winter of discontent caused by threat of union action”, in Rail, page 63:
2
Capitalized, Often Support for the North (the Union) during the American Civil War.
3
Capitalized, Often Support for the continuance of the United Kingdom (especially with respect to Northern Ireland).
- Derived terms
- antiunionism, nonunionism
- Related terms
- trade unionism, unionist, nationism